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[Ind] G. Aberigh-Mackay Serious Reflections (1881) 215: A burra Mem Sahib will be imported red-hot from India, together with mosquitoes, snakes, and a mutton-club.
at burra mem sahib (n.) under burra, adj.
[Ind] G. Aberigh-Mackay Serious Reflections (1881) 121: A Scotch accent would be no protection against this kind of thing; nothing short of a burra choop would avail in such extremities.
at burra choop (n.) under burra, adj.
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